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- 239000000835 fiber Substances 0.000 description 56
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 10
- HEMHJVSKTPXQMS-UHFFFAOYSA-M sodium hydroxide Chemical compound [OH-].[Na+] HEMHJVSKTPXQMS-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 10
- 235000013311 vegetables Nutrition 0.000 description 10
- 238000007670 refining Methods 0.000 description 8
- 240000008564 Boehmeria nivea Species 0.000 description 6
- 229910052783 alkali metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 6
- 150000001340 alkali metals Chemical class 0.000 description 6
- 239000000344 soap Substances 0.000 description 6
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- KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M potassium hydroxide Chemical compound [OH-].[K+] KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 4
- 235000011121 sodium hydroxide Nutrition 0.000 description 4
- 230000001131 transforming Effects 0.000 description 4
- 239000002253 acid Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000003513 alkali Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000003795 chemical substances by application Substances 0.000 description 2
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- 230000005611 electricity Effects 0.000 description 2
- 229920000591 gum Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 2
- RZVAJINKPMORJF-UHFFFAOYSA-N p-acetaminophenol Chemical compound CC(=O)NC1=CC=C(O)C=C1 RZVAJINKPMORJF-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 238000005192 partition Methods 0.000 description 2
- 235000011118 potassium hydroxide Nutrition 0.000 description 2
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- KEAYESYHFKHZAL-UHFFFAOYSA-N sodium Chemical compound [Na] KEAYESYHFKHZAL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910052708 sodium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000011734 sodium Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000004753 textile Substances 0.000 description 2
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
- C02F1/44—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by dialysis, osmosis or reverse osmosis
- C02F1/441—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by dialysis, osmosis or reverse osmosis by reverse osmosis
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
- D01F—CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBON FILAMENTS
- D01F2/00—Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of cellulose or cellulose derivatives; Manufacture thereof
- D01F2/02—Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of cellulose or cellulose derivatives; Manufacture thereof from solutions of cellulose in acids, bases or salts
- D01F2/04—Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of cellulose or cellulose derivatives; Manufacture thereof from solutions of cellulose in acids, bases or salts from cuprammonium solutions
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- Myinvention relates to an improved method of refining ramie and other vegetable fibers, my object being to provide a process of treatment for the fibers whereby a superior fiber may be produced at small cost.
- the fibers are degummed and refined by subjecting the same to the conjoint action of two baths, the one a chemical bath containing a hydrate of an alkali metal, as potassium or sodium hydrate, the other being an electrochemical one containing a fluorid and a hydrate, the fibers being immersed in the isolated region of the positive pole of the electrolytic bath through the agency'of a porous cup or similar pervious partition.
- the fibers are cleansed and completed, preferably, by subjection to a bath of pure soap made into a paste and dissolved inwater, the soap forming about five per cent. of the solution.
- the baths are preferably subjected to heat, as thereby a more rapid action results.
- the passage of the current furnishes the necessary heat.
- the herein-described method of transforming Vegetable fibers from the crude state into degummed and refined fibers which consists in first subjecting the fibers to the chemical action of a hydrate of an alkali metal and subsequently subjecting the fibers to the electrochemical action of the reactive products of a combined hydrate and fiuorid bath by immersing the same in the isolated region of the positive pole thereof and then passing an electric current through said bath, substantially as described.
Description
UNITED STATES PATENT EErcEt BERTRAND S. SUMMERS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES O. BORING, OF SAME PLACE.
METHOD OF REFINING VEGETABLE FIBER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 616,988, dated January 3, 1899.
Application filed November 9, 1896. Serial No. 611,556. (No specimens.)
To all whom it may concern.-
Be it known that I, BERTRAND S. SUMMERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Methods of Refining Vegetable Fiber, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.
Myinvention relates to an improved method of refining ramie and other vegetable fibers, my object being to provide a process of treatment for the fibers whereby a superior fiber may be produced at small cost.
In the practice of my invention the fibers are degummed and refined by subjecting the same to the conjoint action of two baths, the one a chemical bath containing a hydrate of an alkali metal, as potassium or sodium hydrate, the other being an electrochemical one containing a fluorid and a hydrate, the fibers being immersed in the isolated region of the positive pole of the electrolytic bath through the agency'of a porous cup or similar pervious partition. After being subjected to the above-mentioned baths the fibers are cleansed and completed, preferably, by subjection to a bath of pure soap made into a paste and dissolved inwater, the soap forming about five per cent. of the solution.
In the preferred manner of practicing my invention I first subject the fibers to the action of the hydrate bath, the fibers being immersed therein while in the crude statethat is, after having been decorticated and after the action of this bath has proceeded to a stage wherein the bulk of the gum has been removed and to a point where further subjection would have the effect of attacking and weakening the fibers they'are immersed in the combined hydrate and fluorid bat-h, wherein is completed the process of degumming the fibers and removing the various cementing and other objectionable materials originally associated with the fibers; This bath leaves the fibersin a'silky condition, and after being cleansed by a soap or other bath and carded the fibers are available for use in the textile arts.
While the above procedure gives the most satisfactory'results, I have performed the operation by subjecting the fibers first to the electrochemical bath and subsequently to the chemical bath, and I have also performed the operation by intermittently subjecting the fibers first to one bath and then to the other, repeating the change at intervals until the degumming and refining are completed. By subjecting the fibers to the conjoint action of the agents of the two baths in any of the above mentioned manners the fibers are thoroughly treated without impairment and in a manner that cannot be secured by the continued employment of either bath alone.
In the electrochemical bath Ihave usually employed about five parts, by weight, of sodium fiuorid to fifteen parts caustic soda and three thousand parts water, the current being regulated so that an acid reaction is produced at the positive pole within the porous cup.
During the process the baths are preferably subjected to heat, as thereby a more rapid action results. In the electrical bath the passage of the current furnishes the necessary heat.
While I have described my invention in connection with ramie fibers and have developed the process more particularly with ramie fibers in view, I appreciate the fact that my invention is applicable to the preparation of other fibers, and I do not, therefore, limit myself in this particular.
Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
1. The herein-described method of transforming Vegetable fibers from the crude state into degummed and refined fibers which consists in first subjecting the fibers to the chemical action of a hydrate of an alkali metal and subsequently subjecting the fibers to the electrochemical action of the reactive products of a combined hydrate and fiuorid bath by immersing the same in the isolated region of the positive pole thereof and then passing an electric current through said bath, substantially as described.
2. The herein-described method of transforming vegetable fibers from the crude state into degummed and refined fibers which consists insubjecting the fibers between initial and final treatment and at different times to the action of the following baths, viz., a chem- In witness whereof I have hereunto subical bath containing a hydrate of an alkali scribed my name in the presence of two witmetal and an electrochemical bath containnesses.
ing a hydrate of an alkali metal and asoluble BERTRAND S. SUMMERS. fluorid and passing a current of electricity Vitnesses:
through said Iatter-mentioned bath, substan- XV. CLYDE JONES, tially as described. I EDWARD E. PION.
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Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US2686120A (en) * | 1952-01-14 | 1954-08-10 | Ontario Paper Co Ltd | Alkaline pulping of lignocellulose in the presence of oxygen to produce pulp, vanillin, and other oxidation products of lignin substance |
| US4341609A (en) * | 1981-02-26 | 1982-07-27 | The Standard Oil Company | Electrochemical conversion of biomass |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US2686120A (en) * | 1952-01-14 | 1954-08-10 | Ontario Paper Co Ltd | Alkaline pulping of lignocellulose in the presence of oxygen to produce pulp, vanillin, and other oxidation products of lignin substance |
| US4341609A (en) * | 1981-02-26 | 1982-07-27 | The Standard Oil Company | Electrochemical conversion of biomass |
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